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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 11, 2013

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor J. Hannon

To ask the Manager to report on progress, or otherwise, in relation to the SLO on Brittas Village in the current Development Plan?

REPLY:

Since the County Development Plan was approved in 2010, forward planning priorities have focused on the in-house preparation of plans for major development areas that are not already subject to statutory plans or where existing plans have become significantly outdated, including in-house Strategic Environmental Assessment of those plans as a cost saving measure.  It has also been necessary to allocate resources to securing externally funded work including, inter alia, NTA and Department of Transport funded mobility and infrastructure projects, EU funded energy planning projects and the Department of Education School Building programme.  This approach is reflected in work advanced in relation to the Brittas area, whereby a proposal for LEADER  funding has been made for a heritage (built and natural environment) trail focused on the proposed nha in the Brittas area, running around the Brittas Ponds and down the Slade Valley to link into the Villages of Saggart and Rathcoole.  The outcome of this funding application is imminent and if successfull, will inform a planning study of the Brittas Village area.